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Labour's win in Scotland sets confident tone for conference
Victory in Rutherglen and Hamilton by-election sees boasts of being ‘unrivalled party of charge’ as delegates gather in Liverpool
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (centre) and the new Labour MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West Michael Shanks (left) at a rally following Scottish Labour's win in Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. Picture date: Friday October 6, 2023.
LABOUR begins its conference this weekend with a spring in its step after a “seismic” victory in the Rutherglen and Hamilton by-election.
Labour’s candidate Michael Shanks “blew the doors off,” party leader Sir Keir Starmer exclaimed after he won a whopping swing of more than 20 per cent from the SNP.
Following a lacklustre Tory conference in Manchester the win in the Scottish marginal will strengthen Labour delegates arriving in Liverpool’s sense they are on the way to government.
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